Though classical Arabic is not spoken in everyday life, most people speak the colloquial version which varies from country to country but is understood by all.

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His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has strongly emphasised on the importance of Arabic as a symbol of UAE's national identity therefore, in March 2009, the government decided to authorise Arabic as the official language at all federal institutions and entities